Flex 4 SDK - License question

I want to use the SDK just for compilation (for development, we’ll use Flash Builder). There’s something in the license text (http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/adobe_flex_software_development_kit_combined_2010 0101_1530.pdf) that surprises me: “3.3.4 Prohibited Use. Except as expressly authorized under this Agreement, you are prohibited from: … (g) creating or distributing any Developer Program that runs without installation”.
This seems to imply it’s not allowed to use the SDK to generate a .SWF file for direct use by a (but only to deploy it as part of a “next, next, …, finish” installation program). Sounds a bit strange.
Please advice!

I am also confused. It would seem to imply that every non-AIR application is not legal. How does this work?

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